ROBERTA PYX SUTHERLAND

HORNBY ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA VOR IZO

250 335-3276

EDUCATION/STUDIES

1982 & 87  Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta

1979‑82     Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

1978‑79     Sheffield Polytechnic, Sheffield, UK

1960‑63     Emily Carr College of Art and Design, (ECCAD) Vancouver, British Columbia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2007      Earth Diaries, Victoria Art Gallery, Rental Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2006     Climate of Change, New West Gallery, Sydney, British Columbia

  New Work, Hornby Island Exhibition Hall, Hornby Island, British Columbia

   Terre Memoire III, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, British Columbia

2005    New Work, Martin Batchelor Gallery, British Columbia

2004    Invisible Islands, Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Quallicum Beach, British Columbia

2003    Historical Affinitiies, Arbutus Arts, Hornby Island British Columbia

   New Work, Matin Batchelor Gallery Victoria, British Columbia

2002    Terre Memoire, Editart Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland

           Terre MemoireII, Victoria Art Gallery Mansion, Victoria, British Columbia

2001    Treelines, Hornby Hall, Hornby Island, British Columbia

2000    Extinctions, Empress Hotel Conference Centre, Victoria, British Columbia

1999    The Female Animal, Head Bones Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia

1998    View from the Interior, Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, British Columbia

1997    The Introspective Landscape, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

1996    The Patterned Women, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia

1995    Full Moon with Frost, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia

1994    In the Mind's Eye, National Exhibition Centre, Castlegar, British Columbia

1993    Fragile ExistenceII, Ferry Building, West Vancouver, British Columbia

1992    Fragile Existence, Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George British Columbia

1991    Fragile Existence, XChanges Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

1990    Drawing From Prehistory, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia

           Fragile Existence, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia

1989    Paperworks,  1979 ‑89. Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia

1988    Drawing from Prehistory, X‑Changes Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

1987    Earth Birthing, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

1986    Closer to Home, FranWillis North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

 1985   Earth Watch, Winchester Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia.

1982    PressRelated Drawings, XChanges Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia.


 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2007    Stillness,  Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2006    HornbyArtists at the Abbey, Cumberland, British Columbia

          Gallery Artists, Gallery on Herald, Victoria, British Columbia

Featured Artists,Gallery on Herald.Victoria, British Columbia

2005    Gallery Artists, New West Gallery, Sydney, British Columbia

2004    Contemporary Explorations, Malaspina College Art Gallery, Nanaimo, British
           Columbia

           Gallery Artists, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo British Columbia

2003    Gallerie Artists, Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

2002    Alumni, Maltwood Gallery, University of Victoria, British Columbia

2001    telusaboutyourneighbourhood, a digital exhibition, Arts Umbrella,   Vancouver &
           Nanaimo Art Gallery

           Artropolis, British Columbia Studios, Vancouver British Columbia

          Editart Circle, Editart Gallery, Geneva Switzerland

2000   Barbie Doesn't Live Here Anymore, British Columbia Craft House,
           Vancouver,British Columbia

          Contemporary Pastels, Seymour Art Gallery, N Vancouver

1999    North Okanagan Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia

1998    Gone Fishing, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia

1997    Small Matters, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia

1996    Gallerie Artists, Gallerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

1995    Local Perspectives, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops British Columbia

           Defining Feminism, Headbones Gallery, Vernon British Columbia

1994    Caeremonia, Open Space, Victoria British Columbia (3 person show)

1993    Carte Blanche, Gallerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

1992    Earth Day, Bushlen‑Mowat Gallery, Vancouver

1991    Tsitika Valley, Western Canada Wilderness Committee (toured provincially)

1990    Celebrating Victoria Artists, Victoria Art Gallery

1989    Gallerie Artists, Gallerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

1988    Grace Gallery, Vancouver (2 person exhibition)

1987     Bus Art Project, British Columbia Transit Authority, Victoria,British Columbia

            Moss Street Paint‑In, Victoria Art Gallery

1986     Art in Victoria 1960 - 86, Art Gallery of Victoria British Columbia

            Artists for Expo 86, Robson Media Centre Vancouver,British Columbia

            British Columbia Festival of Art, Juried Show, Prince Rupert British Columbia

1985     Women Artists of British Columbia 1885 - 1995, (toured provincially)

1984     International Women's Day Exposition, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

            Five Artists Five Countries, Gallerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

1983     Vancouver Island Invitational, Art Gallery of Victoria, British Columbia

             Homage to Miro, International Exhibition, Gallerie Editart,   Geneva, Switzerland

1982      Bank Art, Victoria Artists Juried Show, Victoria British Columbia

              Helen Pitt Awards Exhibition, Robson Square Media Centre

 

COMMUNITY ART ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS selected

2003       British Columbia School District #71, Teachers' ProDay Event

2000       Hornby Island Theatre Society, costume design

1999       Tara Temple, Rutherford, California, mural painting

1999-02  The Painted Jouney, Series of Jungian‑based painting workshops

1991-93  Western Canada Theatre Company and Caravan StageCompany,
              set painting and design

1990       Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, children's art classes

1987       Banff Dominion Day Parade float

1984       Blue Fence Mural Event, Victoria

1983       The Causeway Public Art Event, Victoria

 

TRAVEL

1994            Studies with Tibetan Thanka painters, Boudnath, Nepal

1993-94       Pilgrimage to sacred Buddhist sites in India and Nepal

1987-89       research of Paleolithic and Early Bronze Age prehistoric sites in France and Spain

1980            Travel and research at prehistoric megaliths and stone   alignments in Mexico, Greece, and UK

1979            Visits to Archeo‑astronomical sites in Northern India

1975-78        Oxfam projects with CUSO in East and Central Africa

 

AWARDS

1987     Banff School of Fine Arts Scholarship

1986     British Columbia Festival of Art Honourable Mention

            Images and Objects British Columbia Finalist

1982     Banff School of Fine Arts Scholarship

1981     Helen Pitt Awards, Honourable Mention

 

COLLECTIONS

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia

Charles Bronfinan Seagrams Collection, Montreal, Quebec

Eric Martin Institute, Victoria, British Columbia

Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia

Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia

Lions Gates Hospital, North Vancouver, British Columbia

Rio Alto Explorations, Calgary, Alberta

 

TOP      HOME